Brentwood Climate Action

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  • Info Sharing evening confirmed for April 3 2025

    Info Sharing evening confirmed for April 3 2025

    Our meetings and events for spring 2025 were confirmed at the first Brentwood Climate Action meeting of the year on February 27.

    The gathering via Zoom agreed that we will meet on Thursday April 3 at The Victoria Arms on Ongar Road for an informal Climate Info Sharing evening; and then a Litter Pick down Shenfield Road on Sunday April 13.

    The Info Sharing evening at the Victoria Arms  in Brentwood (from 7pm) will provide a chance to talk about the things we each do to try and be more climate and environmentally friendly in our daily lives, to share ideas and information, and to get tips from each other.

    All Brentwood Climate Action members, and anyone interested in discussing climate and environmental issues, are very welcome!

    Then the Litter Pick ten days later between central Brentwood and Shenfield will commence from The Hermit Club on Shenfield Road near to Brentwood Theatre, and working our way down towards The Green Dragon pub. It will be a chance to chat about climate and environmental issues with fellow Brentwood Climate Action members and activists while we help clean up the neighbourhood.

    The meeting last month also reported on the Quiz Night held in January, which raised more than £100 in donations for future Brentwood Climate Action causes; and discussed how members might be active in the future in lobbying our local politicians on climate and environmental issues.

    The date for the members meeting in May will be confirmed in due course, and posted here on the BCA website, social channels, and shared via email.

    Full meeting minutes can be downloaded as a PDF below:

    BCA meeting minutes, February 27 2025

  • Brentwood Climate Action AGM report

    Brentwood Climate Action AGM report

    The Brentwood Climate Action 2023 AGM took place on Friday October 20, and saw a new constitution adopted, with Susan Kortlandt stepping down as Chair as expected.

    The meeting, held at Chicken & Frog bookshop in Brentwood, voted to accepted the change to the Management & Governance section of the BCA constitution, that now states: “The group will have one main point of contact and one or more group organisers including a Chair, a Secretary and a Treasurer who shall report on progress in the previous year and be elected annually at a meeting of all members. These organisers will form a Steering Group and meet regularly to manage members, meetings and events.”

    Kat Anderson has agreed to take over as Acting Chair for the time being, with the definite aim being to elect a new permanent Chair as soon as possible at a future BCA meeting. Richard Millwood has taken over as Secretary, as Jane Winter wished to step down from the role.

    On behalf of all of the Steering Group and the membership we’d like to thank Sue and Jane for their work in helping to get Brentwood Climate Action up and running in 2021, and helping to steer the many actions taken by the group in the subsequent two years.

    The meeting heard a report from Richard Millwood on those various key actions, and from Kat (in her role as joint Treasurer) on the group’s current financial stability.

    There was also a discussion about possible future actions, with it agreed that BCA should start discussions with Brentwood Borough Council about holding a second schools conference around climate issues in spring 2024. And also that BCA should look to support global climate action during the important forthcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai (November 30-December 12).

    A next meeting was scheduled for Friday November 17 – to which all members and interested parties are invited to attend. We will endeavour to make that hybrid, so that people who can’t attend in person can join via Zoom. Further details will be sent out via email to members nearer the time, and posted on the BCA website and social media channels.

  • Brentwood Climate Action reboot Oct 20th

    Brentwood Climate Action reboot Oct 20th

    To all Brentwood Climate Action members from Susan Kortlandt, Chair, BCA – October 2023

    Dear member,

    It’s been a while since we last met and indeed took action in this group.

    Nevertheless, the need for the group is perhaps just as strong as ever and we should be encouraged by the actions we took over the last two years, which have included a schools conference, a stand at Strawberry Fair, a litter pick and some enjoyable meetings to exchange thoughts.

    The steering group continues to meet and is looking forward to organising another schools conference and planning further action over the next year. Several members have asked whether it is a good time to revive our group and also to celebrate the declaration of a Climate Emergency by the current Brentwood Borough Council – something we called for two years ago.

    Personally, I have decided to step down as chair and realised the constitution we started with makes no provision for this, so I propose we change it and elect a new chair at our next meeting. I have attached a new constitution below and highlighted in red the changes proposed.

    So I invite you to meet to do this at 7pm on Friday October 20th at the Chicken and Frog Bookshop, 30 Crown St, Brentwood, CM14 4BA.

    Please email us at info@brentwoodclimateaction.org.uk to confirm your attendance.

    Best wishes,

    Sue

    Brentwood Climate Action – proposed amended Constitution, 2023